diff --git a/.github/workflows/doc-build.yml b/.github/workflows/doc-build.yml
index 355e07ab78e..67a7c807728 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/doc-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/doc-build.yml
@@ -40,46 +40,15 @@ jobs:
 
   build-docs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: ghcr.io/sagemath/sage/sage-ubuntu-focal-standard-with-targets:dev
+    container: ghcr.io/sagemath/sage/sage-ubuntu-focal-standard-with-targets:10.2.beta1
     needs: [get_ci_fixes]
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
       - name: Update system packages
         run: |
           apt-get update && apt-get install -y git zip
 
-      - name: Add prebuilt tree as a worktree
-        id: worktree
-        run: |
-          set -ex
-          git config --global user.email "ci-sage@example.com"
-          git config --global user.name "Build & Test workflow"
-          git config --global --add safe.directory $(pwd)
-          # If actions/checkout downloaded our source tree using the GitHub REST API
-          # instead of with git (because do not have git installed in our image),
-          # we first make the source tree a repo.
-          if [ ! -d .git ]; then git init && git add -A && git commit --quiet -m "new"; fi
-          # Tag this state of the source tree "new". This is what we want to build and test.
-          git tag -f new
-          # Our container image contains a source tree in /sage with a full build of Sage.
-          # But /sage is not a git repository.
-          # We make /sage a worktree whose index is at tag "new".
-          # We then commit the current sources and set the tag "old". (This keeps all mtimes unchanged.)
-          # Then we update worktree and index with "git reset --hard new".
-          # (This keeps mtimes of unchanged files unchanged and mtimes of changed files newer than unchanged files.)
-          # Finally we reset the index to "old". (This keeps all mtimes unchanged.)
-          # The changed files now show up as uncommitted changes.
-          # The final "git add -N" makes sure that files that were added in "new" do not show
-          # as untracked files, which would be removed by "git clean -fx".
-          git worktree add --detach worktree-image
-          rm -rf /sage/.git && mv worktree-image/.git /sage/
-          rm -rf worktree-image && ln -s /sage worktree-image
-          if [ ! -f worktree-image/.gitignore ]; then cp .gitignore worktree-image/; fi
-          (cd worktree-image && git add -A && git commit --quiet --allow-empty -m "old" -a && git tag -f old && git reset --hard new && git reset --quiet old && git add -N . && git status)
-          # Keep track of changes to built HTML
-          new_version=$(cat src/VERSION.txt); (cd /sage/local/share/doc/sage/html/en && find . -name "*.html" | xargs sed -i '/class="sidebar-brand-text"/s/Sage [0-9a-z.]* /Sage '$new_version' /'; git init && (echo "*.svg binary"; echo "*.pdf binary") >> .gitattributes && (echo ".buildinfo"; echo '*.inv'; echo '.git*'; echo '*.svg'; echo '*.pdf'; echo '*.png'; echo 'searchindex.js') > .gitignore; git add -A && git commit --quiet -m "old")
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Download upstream artifact
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
@@ -91,50 +60,27 @@ jobs:
         # After applying the fixes, make sure all changes are marked as uncommitted changes.
         run: |
           if [ -r upstream/ci_fixes.patch ]; then
-            (cd worktree-image && git commit -q -m "current changes" --allow-empty -a && git am; git reset --quiet old; git add -N .) < upstream/ci_fixes.patch
+            git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
+            git config --global user.name "Sagemath bot"
+            git config --global user.email "ci-sage@example.com"
+            (git tag -f old && git am; git reset --quiet old; git add -N .) < upstream/ci_fixes.patch
           fi
 
-      - name: Incremental build
-        id: incremental
+      - name: Prepare
         run: |
-          # Now re-bootstrap and build. The build is incremental because we were careful with the timestamps.
-          ./bootstrap && make build
-        working-directory: ./worktree-image
-        env:
-          MAKE: make -j2 --output-sync=recurse
-          SAGE_NUM_THREADS: 2
-
-      - name: Build (fallback to non-incremental)
-        id: build
-        if: always() && steps.worktree.outcome == 'success' && steps.incremental.outcome != 'success'
-        run: |
-          set -ex
-          make doc-clean doc-uninstall sagelib-clean && git clean -fx src/sage && ./config.status && make build
-        working-directory: ./worktree-image
-        env:
-          MAKE: make -j2 --output-sync=recurse
-          SAGE_NUM_THREADS: 2
-
+          # Reuse built SAGE_LOCAL contained in the Docker image
+          ./bootstrap
+          ./configure --enable-build-as-root --prefix=/sage/local --with-sage-venv --enable-download-from-upstream-url
+      
       - name: Build docs
         id: docbuild
-        if: always() && (steps.incremental.outcome == 'success' || steps.build.outcome == 'success')
-        # Always non-incremental because of the concern that
-        # incremental docbuild may introduce broken links (inter-file references) though build succeeds
-        run: |
-          set -ex
-          export SAGE_USE_CDNS=yes
-          mv /sage/local/share/doc/sage/html/en/.git /sage/.git-doc
-          make doc-clean doc-uninstall sagelib-clean && git clean -fx src/sage
-          mkdir -p /sage/local/share/doc/sage/html/en/ && mv /sage/.git-doc /sage/local/share/doc/sage/html/en/.git
-          ./config.status && make doc-html
-        working-directory: ./worktree-image
+        run: make doc-html
         env:
           MAKE: make -j2 --output-sync=recurse
           SAGE_NUM_THREADS: 2
 
       - name: Copy docs
         id: copy
-        if: always() && steps.docbuild.outcome == 'success'
         run: |
           set -ex
           mkdir -p ./docs
@@ -152,7 +98,6 @@ jobs:
           zip -r docs.zip docs
 
       - name: Upload docs
-        if: always() && steps.copy.outcome == 'success'
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: docs